Theocacna's Service Marks

The following copies of our Service Mark are the legal property of THEOCACNA.
We own the logo and our name by both Common law and Statuatory law after it was
our Registered Service Mark (2000-2007). Under Federal Law the name and logo are
our property after 5 years. The slight update of the logo does not change or
affect our ownership rights in any way.

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Original 1927 Logo

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Older original LogoRegistered Service Mark 2000

Updated Logo

Shield in center has been re-worked to its original condition.

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Patriarchate Logo

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AOCC Logo

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Names

THE HOLY EASTERN ORTHODOX CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN NORTH AMERCAŽ

American Orthodox Catholic Churchsm

From our Church Constitution dated December 1, 1927.

Article 1

The religious body organized hereunder shall be known both
ecclesiastically and in civil law (by incorporation) as THE HOLY EASTERN
ORTHODOX CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA (THE AMERICAN ORTHODOX
CATHOLIC CHURCH). Either the first part of this legal title or the shorter
second part exclosed in parentheses shall be deemed sufficient designation to
point out this body to the exclusion of any other in all cases except where the
full corporate title is required for purposes of civil legal documents.

This is our claim to both our names as service marks of this Church

Both names have been used by this Church since 1927 and by the Corporate
Church since 1928 and are our commonlaw service marks. Our corporate name has
been, with our logo, our Registered Service Mark also. We claim sole legal right
to the use of these names.

Society of Clerks Secular of Saint Basil sm

This name, in use since 1931, is a commonlaw service mark of this corporate Church. It was Registered with the U.S.P.T.O. as one of our service marks. We claim sole legal right to the use of this name.

American Orthodox Patriarchate

Our commonlaw service mark since 2003. We claim sole legal right to the use
of this name.

North American Holy Synod

The name of this Synod since we were canonically chartered is our common law service mark.

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The simple response to all those who falsely claim we are not Orthodox and
only play legal games by getting copyrights and service marks is:

While the SCOBA Orthodox attack this Canonically Established Church and
caused the Schism in American Orthodoxy they ignored the claims of many
independents who would claim to be us and claim to be Orthodox. They allowed
these independent to "muddy" our name by their silence. To clearly identify us
apart from the many false claims of independents we proceeded to do what was
necessary such as filing Service Mark applications on the names "The Holy
Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North AmericaŽ" AND "The
Society of Clerks Secular of Saint Basil"sm. Previously these were our names under Common Law. These are also our legal names since we have owned them for over the required 5 years as a Service Mark. Our name "American Orthodox Catholic Church sm is still our name under Common Law, but is used by many independents. We have a page that lists these independents who are in fact Old Catholic and not Orthodox. Some Ordain women, some have "clergy" of questionable reputation but none are part of this Church now or in the past.

Excerpt from Trademark law

The owner of a registered trademark may commence legal proceedings for
trademark infringement to prevent unauthorized use of that trademark. However,
registration is not required. The owner of a common law trademark may
also file suit...

It should also be noted that once a mark is owned for 5 years it is your
property and ownership is incontestable. USC 15 1065

Today anyone who claims they are us are liars, unchristian and commit
criminal acts like identity theft and fraud since our name and logo are our
legal property and because we are the same original corporate Church entity
showing we are the original 1927 Canonically established Church. The legal
evidence as to our identity upsets the Schismatics and the independent Old
Catholics who falsely claim they are us under many names.